The ecosocial work approach incorporates the environment into social justice frameworks. It calls for holistic practices that centre Indigenous and Global South voices, transdisciplinarity, anti-oppressive strategies in micro–macro practice and sustainability. In this article, we argue that the integration of abolitionist theory and practice within ecosocial work—specifically the reduction or elimination of social work from carceral systems that harm the environment and marginalised people—will better equip social workers to meet these goals. To this end, we critically examine three sites of ongoing abolitionist struggle—militaries, prisons and disinvested communities—to demonstrate reimagined strategies for an environmentally just future. Our analysis reveals areas where the ecosocial approach and abolitionism intersect, and how one might inform the other. We conclude by calling for future research to integrate abolitionist ideas into ecosocial work research, education and practice. In integrating environmental justice and abolition, ecosocial work will be better positioned to critique and resist its location in racialised capitalist systems that perpetuate economic, environmental, racial and social injustices.

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废奴主义和生态社会工作：迈向公平、解放和环境正义

生态社会工作方法将环境纳入社会正义框架。它呼吁采取以土著和全球南方声音为中心的整体实践、跨学科性、微观-宏观实践中的反压迫策略和可持续性。在本文中，我们认为，将废奴主义理论和实践融入生态社会工作中，特别是减少或消除危害环境和边缘化人群的监狱系统中的社会工作，将更好地帮助社会工作者实现这些目标。为此，我们批判性地审视了正在进行的废奴主义斗争的三个场所——军队、监狱和撤资社区——以展示为环境公正的未来重新构想的战略。我们的分析揭示了生态社会方法和废奴主义交叉的领域，以及两者如何相互告知。最后，我们呼吁未来的研究将废奴主义思想融入生态社会工作研究、教育和实践中。在将环境正义与废除死刑结合起来时，生态社会工作将能够更好地批评和抵制其在种族化资本主义体系中的地位，这种体系使经济、环境、种族和社会不公正现象长期存在。